Fri 29 April 2016
© Eva Rinaldi Will Ferrell quits Reagan film
Actor bows to pressure over Alzheimer's jokes
29/04/2016 … Will Ferrell has bowed to pressure and pulled out of the comedy about Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease.
Shitfaced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Review by Steve Bennett at the Leicester Square Theatre
29/04/2016 … As this kingdom becomes a stage for so much reverential Bard adoration, Shitfaced Shakespeare restores his work to the bawdy pantomime so much of it would have been…
Who doesn't enjoy a ghost story?
Johnny Vegas on Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
29/04/2016 … Johnny Vegas is about to star in one of four short films written acclaimed author Neil Gaiman.
Channel 5 returns to panel shows
Eamonn Holmes to front It’s Not Me, It’s You
29/04/2016 … Channel 5 is to make its first comedy panel show in seven years.
© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien Frank Skinner: Drink made me hallucinate spiders
Comic discusses addiction with Frankie Boyle
29/04/2016 … Frank Skinner has spoken about his years as an alcoholic – confessing that he used to hallucinate spiders and suffer temporary blindness from drinking too much.
QI's No Such Thing As A Fish hits TV
New topical show, post-Newsnight
29/04/2016 … The QI researchers behind the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast are to launch their own topical BBC TV show.
© Eva Rinaldi Alzheimer's 'is no subject for comedy'
Ronald Reagan's family slam Will Ferrell film
29/04/2016 … Ronald Reagan's children have blasted Will Ferrell over his plans to make a comedy about their father succumbing to Alzheimer's disease.